Rescaling Social Policies towards Multilevel Governance in Europe

The rescaling project and this book, Yuri Kazepov; Setting the Scene: Rescaling and Governance; Rescaling policies towards multilevel governance in Europe: some reflections on processes at stake and actors involved, Yuri Kazepov; Part I Towards Multi-Level Governance in Selected Policy Areas: The Changing Area of Labour Market Activation Policy; Activation and rescaling: interrelated questions in social policy?, Stefania Sabatinelli; A comparative perspective on labour market changes, Eduardo Barberis and Beat Baumann; Actors, scaling and governance in activation policy, Vappu Karjalainen; The Changing Area of Social Assistance Policy: Social assistance policy models in Europe: a comparative perspective, Eduardo Barberis, Stefania Sabatinelli and Annegret Bieri; The territorial organisation of social assistance schemes in Europe, Renate Minas and Einar Overbye; Actors and governance arrangements in the field of social assistance, Ake Bergmark and Renate Minas; The Changing Area of Long-Term Care for Older People: Familiarisation and regional variation in long-term care provision. A comparative perspective on long-term care for older people in Europe, Rahel Strohmeier Navarro Smith; The territorial dimension of long-term care for older people, Signy Irene Vabo; Actors and governance arrangements in long-term care for older people, Signy Irene Vabo; Part II The Challenges of Multilevel Governance Arrangements within Social Policies: rescaling processes in Europe: convergence and divergence patterns towards multilevel governance?, Eduardo Barberis, Ake Bergmark and Renate Minas; The coordination challenge, Einar Overbye, Rahel Strohmeier Navarro Smith, Vappu Karjalainen and Jurgen Stremlow; rescaling of social welfare policies: lessons and future perspectives, Nicolette van Gestel and Jean-Michel Herbillon; Appendix: methods and contexts in the study of rescaling, Eduardo Barberis; References.